Smart Tag

Smart Tag is the former name of a transponder-based electronic toll collection system implemented by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT). It was launched as Fastoll on April 15, 1996. Fastoll was rebranded as Smart Tag in 1998,^[1] and was placed under the umbrella of Smart Travel. In November 2007, the Smart Tag brand name was retired in favor of E-ZPass Virginia, several years after the Smart Tag system became a part of the E-ZPass network.

Originally, Smart Tag only operated at certain toll roads and crossings in Virginia. The system became interoperable with the E-ZPass toll collection system on October 27, 2004,^[2] although Richmond Metropolitan Authority owned toll roads—Boulevard Bridge, the Downtown Expressway, and the Powhite Parkway (excluding the extension)—did not begin accepting E-ZPass until August 3, 2005;^[3] E-ZPass integration had been delayed due to damages from Tropical Storm Gaston. Smart Tag branded transponders operate throughout the E-ZPass network, and E-ZPass branded transponders operate at all E-ZPass Virginia (formerly Smart Tag) toll collection points.

Roads and crossings that accept Smart Tag/E-ZPass Virginia/E-ZPass:

• Dulles Toll Road from Falls Church to Dulles International Airport (DC suburbs).
• Dulles Greenway, a privately owned highway from Dulles to Leesburg.
• Downtown Expressway in Richmond.
• Powhite Parkway and Powhite Parkway Extension in Richmond and Chesterfield County.
• Boulevard Bridge (the "Nickel Bridge", though it costs 45 cents now) in Richmond
• Pocahontas Parkway in Chesterfield and Henrico County.
• Chesapeake Expressway in Chesapeake.
• George P. Coleman Bridge, across the York River near Newport News (U.S. Highway 17).
• Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel
• Any road or crossing in the E-ZPass network.